Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: Ethics and Objects
Animal, Mineral, Vegetable examines what happens when we cease to assume that only humans exert agency. Through a careful examination of medieval, early modern and contemporary lifeworlds, these essays collectively argue against ecological anthropocentricity. Sheep, wolves, camels, flowers, chairs,...
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Brooklyn, NY
punctum books
2012
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